Admission Arrangements

Ridgeway Education Trust (RET) is the admissions authority for al the schools within the Trust. The Trust and the school’s Governors  work closely with Oxfordshire County Council and use the Council as their agent for the processing of applications for places. 

Please click on the links below to access the Admissions policy pages for each of our schools: 

All Saints Church of England Primary School

Didcot Girls' School

Carterton Primary School

Hagbourne Church of England Primary School

Long Wittenham Church of England Primary School

St Birinus School

Stephen Freeman Primary School

Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School

Public Consultation on Admission Arrangements

Ridgeway Education Trust (RET) is consulting on the 2026-2027 admissions statements for Hagbourne CofE Primary School, Carterton Primary School and Stephen Freeman Primary School. The proposals included changes to the oversubscription criteria for each of these schools.
 
RET are also consulting on reducing the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Carterton Primary School from 45 to 30, effective from September 2025. 
 
Should any of the statements be of interest to you as a stakeholder, please click on the link below to visit the admissions statement consultation page of each school’s website, where you can find the proposed changes and read the draft admissions statement. 
 
We are keen to receive feedback from the local communities of our schools. Should you wish to contact us, please email the RET Company Secretary and Governance Lead, Caroline Ball, on: governance@ridgewayeducation.com or, should you prefer, send a letter to her at St Birinus School, Mereland Road, Didcot OX11 8AZ. We will consider all comments received by Wednesday 22nd January 2025 when finalising our admissions statements for 2026-2027.
 
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